Details
| Artist | John Singleton Copley, American, 1738-1815 |
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| Title |
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| Date | ca. 1771 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | Unframed: 30 × 25 inches (76.2 × 63.5 cm) Framed: 38 × 33 × 3 1/2 inches (96.5 × 83.8 × 8.9 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Gibbs-Williams Fund |
| Accession Number | 41.37 |
| Department | American Art before 1950 |
| On View | American W270, Level 2 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed, on the back, in paint: John Montresor b. 1736-1799 pinxt Copley |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, on the back, in paint: John Montresor b. 1736-1799 pinxt Copley |
Provenance
the sitter, John Montresor (Belmont, Facersham, Kent, England);
his son, Sir H. T. Montresor (Dene Hill, Kent, England);
Lt. Col. H. E. Montresor;
his brother, Charles M. Montresor (Stonely Grange, Cambridgeshire, England);
his son, Lt. Col. E. H. Montresor;
his daughter, Mrs. Joan Montresor Read;
The Montresor Family.
Howard Young.
1941, Feragil Galleries (New York, New York, USA)
1941-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
his son, Sir H. T. Montresor (Dene Hill, Kent, England);
Lt. Col. H. E. Montresor;
his brother, Charles M. Montresor (Stonely Grange, Cambridgeshire, England);
his son, Lt. Col. E. H. Montresor;
his daughter, Mrs. Joan Montresor Read;
The Montresor Family.
Howard Young.
1941, Feragil Galleries (New York, New York, USA)
1941-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Jones, Guernsey, ed. Letters and Papers of John Singleton Copley and Harry Pelham, 1739-1776. The Massachusetts Historical Society Collection, vol. 71, 1914, p. 114.
Bayley, Frank W. The Life and Works of John Singleton Copley. Boston, 1915, p. 22.
Webster, John Clarence. “Life of John Montresor.” Royal Society of Canada Transactions, Third Series 22, 2 (1928).
The French in America, 1520-1880. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1951, no. 515.
Richardson, Edgar P. Paintings in America: The Story of 450 Years. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1957, p. 73 (fig. 26).
Davidson, Ruth. “Paintings in America: Seminar and Exhibition.” Antiques 71 (April 1957): p. 364.
American Realists. Exh. cat., Art Gallery of Hamilton. Ontario, 1961, no. 13.
Treasures in America. Exh. cat., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond, 1961, p. 93.
Pontiac Uprising 1763-1963. Exh. cat., Detroit Historical Museum. Detroit, 1963, no. 37.
Prown, Jules D. John S. Copley 1774-1815. Cambridge, MA, 1966, p. 22 (ill.).
Paul Revere’s Boston. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, 1975, p. 137, no. 185 (ill.).
Bowler, R. Arthur. Logistics and the Failure of the British Army in America. Princeton, 1975.
Shaw, Nancy Rivard, et al. American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Volume I. New York, 1991, pp. 59, 61-62 (ill.).
Hornsby, Stephen J. and Richard W. Judd, eds. Historical Atlas of Maine. Orono, ME, 2015, pl. 17.
Bayley, Frank W. The Life and Works of John Singleton Copley. Boston, 1915, p. 22.
Webster, John Clarence. “Life of John Montresor.” Royal Society of Canada Transactions, Third Series 22, 2 (1928).
The French in America, 1520-1880. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1951, no. 515.
Richardson, Edgar P. Paintings in America: The Story of 450 Years. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1957, p. 73 (fig. 26).
Davidson, Ruth. “Paintings in America: Seminar and Exhibition.” Antiques 71 (April 1957): p. 364.
American Realists. Exh. cat., Art Gallery of Hamilton. Ontario, 1961, no. 13.
Treasures in America. Exh. cat., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Richmond, 1961, p. 93.
Pontiac Uprising 1763-1963. Exh. cat., Detroit Historical Museum. Detroit, 1963, no. 37.
Prown, Jules D. John S. Copley 1774-1815. Cambridge, MA, 1966, p. 22 (ill.).
Paul Revere’s Boston. Exh. cat., Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, 1975, p. 137, no. 185 (ill.).
Bowler, R. Arthur. Logistics and the Failure of the British Army in America. Princeton, 1975.
Shaw, Nancy Rivard, et al. American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Volume I. New York, 1991, pp. 59, 61-62 (ill.).
Hornsby, Stephen J. and Richard W. Judd, eds. Historical Atlas of Maine. Orono, ME, 2015, pl. 17.
